USS Neuendorf
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United States | |
Name | USS Neuendorf |
Namesake | William Frederick Neuendorf |
Ordered | 1942 |
Builder | Charleston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 15 February 1943 |
Launched | 1 June 1943 |
Commissioned | 18 October 1943 |
Decommissioned | 14 May 1946 |
Stricken | 1 July 1967 |
Honors and awards | 3 battle stars (World War II) |
Fate | Sunk as target, 30 November 1967 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Buckley-class destroyer escort |
Displacement |
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Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
Draft |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Range |
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Complement | 15 officers, 198 men |
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USS Neuendorf (DE-200) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was sunk as a target in 1967.
History
Namesake
USS Neuendorf was named in honour of Seaman First Class William Frederick Neuendorf (1916–1941), who was killed in action aboard the battleship USS Nevada, as gun captain of No. 6 A.A. gun, gave an example of leadership, skill, and bravery that is remarked upon by all who observed it during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. He was commended posthumously "for distinguished devotion to duty and extraordinary courage and disregard for his own safety[,]" and was the most junior sailor mentioned specifically for distinguished conduct in the after action report of USS Nevada regarding the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Pacific War
Neuendorf was
Following shakedown off
Next assigned to the
In mid-August, she returned to
On 2 January 1945, she headed for the Philippines with a small oiler group. Rendezvousing with the Lingayen Minesweeping Group, the force headed through Surigao Strait and into Leyte Gulf. Enemy aircraft plagued the force as it steamed north toward Mindoro where the oilers anchored in Mangarin Bay under the protective watch of Neuendorf and sister ship Manning (DE-199). Between 5 January and 21 February, Neuendorf conducted ASW and HUK patrols, served radar picket duty, and escorted the tankers on refueling missions.
On the 22nd, the destroyer escort returned to Leyte for tender availability, after which she resumed escort work between New Guinea and the Philippines. On 15 April, she was designated flagship for Commander, Local Naval Defense Forces, Iloilo, Panay. There for the next four months, she returned to Leyte after the cessation of hostilities, made an escort run to Okinawa and on 1 October departed the Philippines and headed home.
Decommissioning and fate
Arriving at San Diego on 23 October, Neuendorf underwent inactivation overhaul and on 14 May 1946 decommissioned and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet. She remained a unit of that fleet until authorized for use as a target and struck from the Navy List on 1 July 1967. She was sunk on 30 November 1967.
Awards
Neuendorf earned three
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Neuendorf at NavSource Naval History